Santamaría E.I., Jones H. En Activo: Practical Business Spanish

Routledge, 2008. - 280 p. ISBN: 978-0-415-40885-1En Activo is a contemporary Spanish business course which provides students with a structured development of written and spoken business language skills, focusing on real business people and situations from all over the Spanish-speaking world.The book consists of twenty chapters that incorporate contextual information on the business environment of Spain and Latin America, role-plays, illustrative dialogues, dedicated written exercises, relevant grammar instruction, practical communicative exercises, up-to-date practical advice, model items of written and spoken business protocol, and links to numerous carefully-selected and integrated websites. Each chapter is structured as follows:Le Presento a…: introduction of the central individual and their working life;
Escuche, por favor: extensive listening exercises and accompanying activities;
Recuerde que.: grammar revision and communicative exercises;
Para saber más: deepens knowledge about Spanish and Latin American business culture and etiquette;
Así se hace: hands-on section practising business situations and day-to-day tasks;
¿Sabe navegar?: practices web research and web etiquette;Each fifth chapter is a revision chapter, which puts the acquired knowledge in practice via discussion groups, presentations and debates.At the end of this course the student will have a sound knowledge of the Spanish speaking business world and the language skills required to put this knowledge in practice.